Tour de France 2011 Thread

[Magrat Garlick]

bloody norwegians!

Give it two years and Jack Bobridge will be doing the same crazy stunts.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Would be soo awesome if Voeckler won, but I can't see him lasting it out through the Alps and then the TT as well. Think either Evans or Contador will get it, hopefully Contador.

Andy Schleck is a ****, definitely don't want him to win.

 

[NZTailender]

0 points, highest was 31. What a round.

 

[biased indian]

today and tomorrow in the alps right..which is the difficult stage of the both...?

wont be able to see today..hope its the one tomorrow

 

[Spikey]

Great stuff today. Must say enjoyed S.S and A.C going so badly. A lot of respect gained for Andy & Cadel

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Might have to revisit opinion on Geraint Thomas again. 5 minutes back on Evans and 3 of those spent waiting on Urán.

Evans the only one with guts to call Leopard's bluff, but it might not be enough.

 

[Redbacks]

F Schleck what a dog!

 

[social]

Great ride by Andy Schleck but most of the others in Evans' goup should be ashamed pf themselves - they werent even trying to hide the fact that he was the only one with balls

 

[PhoenixFire]

Yeah, Andy gone up in my estimation after that, especially after all the whinging and being a soft-**** for the tour up til now.

Voeckler is just incredible, like Armstrong said, the bloke really knows how to suffer - looks like he had to be carried off his bike by the end of the stage, absolutely unbelievable effort.

Still backing Evans ftw, hopefully Andy will hit the wall tomorrow and Evans will gun him in the TT.

 

[Spikey]

itstl.

 

[Bobisback]

As soon as Contador attacked I thought, thats the end of Voeckler. Seemed to be right until I found whatever it was he found and lept of the gap. That was amazing, best part of the tour for mine. Better than what andy did yesterday. No matter what happens today he will go out of this alot better than what he came in and will be one of the people to beat next year.

 

[Spikey]

epic racing is epic

 

[Johnners]

Love the stages in the Alps, always provide an awesome spectacle. Wonder how long it will take Liggett/Newman to realise that despite what they've said the past 4 years, Contador/Sastre/Schleck really weren't/aren't that much worse than Evans in the TT.

 

[Bobisback]

Voeckler back in the yellow on the road. What a ride.

He would have to crack again in this climb though.

 

[Johnners]

AWTA, such a gun effort considering he's supposed to have cracked on every other day this week.

The way the true climbers like Schleck/Contador can just accelerate on these climbs is just ridiculous. Fingers crossed Cadel can hang on/get some more time on Andy.

 

[Bobisback]

Contador will blow Cadel and Andy away tomorrow. Wish I had have had a plunge on him earlier today, looking good to kill this stage and make up some huge time.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Contador repeating Landis '06.

 

[Bobisback]

Getting his Yellow stripped for being a drug cheat?

 

[Johnners]

Crowd is so annoying, gtfo the road you stupid gits.

 

[Bobisback]

Yeah, yell and scream but dont ****ing touch them. And why the hell are you running next to the riders? Stupid Europeans.